[...This certainly took a turn rather quickly. It looks like it probably isn't safe to split up after all. He dearly hopes that this won't lead to a battle, but it looks like it may.]

Or perhaps we should change plans and attempt to either find or make a more defensible location. Astrid says that whatever it is that's shrieking, it appears to be large and heading in our general direction.

[Er, well, he's actually reading her mind, but that's usually not something one wants to advertise is something they can do.]